Well Doha Bank, i would recommend as the best bank for opening a savings account.

they hold lucky weekly, monthly and yearly draws on savings account and you never know, you will become a millionare on day. apart from this, i think they offer a lot of e-services which will help you manage and operate your account the way you want.

HSBC is just like any other bank in Doha, and it's even worse because they charge for every thing.

Don't be amused by this word (The World's Local Bank), they are right in it's local, but it's not universal.

you can ask them about something to do with another HSBC world wide, they will tell you: sorry, there is no networks between our banks in the world, so it's just local bank.

I'm telling you this, since I'm dealing with five different bank in Qatar, and HSBC was even lower level than others, it's just a big name, the only good thing about them, that they provide you parking in the main branch in Banks street.

Hi, I am with commercial bank and have been very impressed with their service. good e savings options and interest rates, good air points rewards programmes with credit cards and easy internet transfers overseas. Good luck its always a mission getting things sorted (oh and you get a free i pod touch if you open an account at the moment).

yup, ive been banking in this bank for 14 yrs, and ive got a lot of bad experiences, thats why even those in the highter ups of the management, i came to see them face to face. i can be a living proof to their bad customer relations...

Hey all im new to the site and am just getting ready to move to Doha this month. Is it true that i cant get an account with most banks until i have my residencey? Also i have heard rumors of credit cards with intrest rates as low as 2% is this true?

there is no such thing in qatar like "the best bank".. they are all "the worst" ones.

If the customer service rep, while giving the info on your credit card, is not able to differ “amount due” and “minimum payment”; has no idea what "due date" is ...cannot tell you what the “balance on credit card as of today” is, keeps giving you an AVAILABLE balance instead.. etc.... so...what kind of level of service we are talking about??

What kind of interest rates banks in Doha are offering you guys? 5% or even more? I'll soon be opening a bank account also there and it seems to be a tricky thing to choose a proper bank. What I need is decent interest rates, e-banking and debit/credit cards to be used when travelling in Asia.

Whatever you do, don't ever go to Doha Bank!!! The service is terrible, good thin I didn't have an account with them, they're so stupid, you have to get a number and fall in a long line just to get an application form, we went to the next bank, and only a teaboy gave us forms and finished... this is in ras laffan, their worst employee is a filipino named Anthony, he's very stupid, we asked some questions and he has no idea what to answer. they also charge a lot if you get liability letters if you have a loan, Qr. 1000 for a piece of paper. wow!!! so beware!!!

I have had nothing but good experience with Doha Bank. For the best customer service in the world visit the Dukhan branch. BTW, I transferred money from my Doha Bank account to my UK LLoyds TSB account the other day and it reached UK bank account the same day after 3 hours!!!

Even by mistake, never choose QNB (Qatar National Bank) The worst in benefits, worst in facilities, and worst in customer service. Even the bank managers do not care. Personal experience along with many associates

I need your opinion regarding opening a savings account for my cousin.. He already filled up the form and he want me to submit it to Doha Bank near to my office. Is it possible that the Bank will accpet his application? please need your opinion inorder not to waste my time in goin there... Please share me also what are other requirements needed. What i have here is the form of Personal Saving account and copy of his iqama.. Please help....

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